Fairfax County, VA – Detectives from our Child Exploitation Unit (CEXU) have concluded a months-long operation targeting online predators that led to the arrest of 16 suspects from across North America seeking criminal encounters with minors. During this operation, CEXU focused on identifying offenders who used online platforms to initiate inappropriate conversations with individuals they believed...Read More

A string of sexual abuse allegations against a childcare worker in Melbourne have brought regulation of the early childhood sector back into the national conversation. Advocates for children’s rights and prevention of abuse say oversight of the system is flawed, and that robust federal intervention is needed to ensure the safety of society’s youngest while...Read More

Philadelphia police release video showing driver accused of shooting school safety officer – CBS Philadelphia Watch CBS News Police are searching for the driver of a Kia SUV who they say shot a School District of Philadelphia safety officer who was helping another driver early on Sunday, June 29. Surveillance video shows the Kia was...Read More

The group faces more than 80 felony counts, driving from as far as Canada to meet with detectives they thought were minors. FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — An undercover operation by the Fairfax County Police Department’s Child Exploitation Unit ended with 16 men in handcuffs — all accused of sexually soliciting a minor.  The operation, labeled...Read More

El Paso FBI special agent in charge John Morales talks recent accomplishments El Paso FBI special agent in charge John Morales talks about recent agency accomplishments on May 15, 2025, at the El Paso Federal Justice Center. Mark Martinez, 57, of Anthony, Texas, was sentenced to life plus 10 years for child pornography distribution. Martinez,...Read More

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. – Sixteen people have been arrested and charged as part of an undercover online predator sting conducted by the Fairfax County Police Department. Dubbed operation “Caught in the Web,” the effort was led by the department’s Child Exploitation Unit. Police say all 16 suspects were taken into custody during the operation. The...Read More

REDDING, Calif. – A man from Redding was arrested after attempting to meet a minor for sexual purposes. The Shasta County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit had been conducting an undercover operation throughout June. According to the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office, the operation involved a decoy posing as a 14-year-old girl online.  Authorities say the...Read More

State and Federal Governments are facing a “reckoning”, after two childcare workers were charged with serious offences. The Education Minister Jason Clare is pushing for the power to cut funding to childcare centres failing to meet safety standards, but is this enough? And does the Albanese Government have an important leadership role here? And Foreign...Read More

My years working within school systems, particularly during a formative and intense period in Roswell, New Mexico, have shaped my understanding of school safety in profound ways. During my time as assistant superintendent in Roswell, the community faced unthinkable tragedies—a school shooting, student suicides, devastating accidents, and the heartbreaking loss of a colleague to domestic...Read More

Ministers are racing to close gaps in Australia’s child safety laws that have been left open for years, in the wake of another shocking case of alleged child abuse at a centre in Victoria. State and territory governments have responsibility for child protection and enforcement in childcare centres — but it is the Commonwealth that...Read More